Head of Retail

Head of Retail Lifestyle Fashion Brand UK-wide High-Growth, New Store Openings

We are partnering with a fast-growing lifestyle fashion brand at an exciting stage of its journey. With a strong brand identity, loyal customer base, and an ambitious bricks-and-mortar expansion strategy, the business is now looking to appoint an experienced Head of Retail to lead its physical retail estate through a period of accelerated new store openings. This is a senior, hands-on role with significant influence over growth, performance, and culture.

The Role

As Head of Retail, you will have full ownership of the retail function, with a clear mandate to scale the store estate while maintaining exceptional operational standards and customer experience.
Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and delivering a new store opening programme end-to-end (site readiness, staffing, launch, and early trading performance)
  
• Owning retail strategy in line with the brand's growth and commercial objectives
  
• Driving sales, productivity, and profitability across the existing and new store portfolio
  
• Building, coaching, and inspiring a high-performing regional and store leadership team
  
• Embedding consistent retail standards, VM execution, and brand experience
  
• Working closely with Property agents, Finance, Buying, Merchandising, and Marketing to ensure seamless execution
  
• Using data and KPIs to inform decisions, identify risk, and optimise performance
  
• Playing a key role in shaping retail processes that can scale with growth
  

About You

We're looking for a proven retail leader who thrives in fast-paced, growth environments.
You will likely bring:

• Senior retail leadership experience within fashion or lifestyle retail
  
• A strong track record of multiple new store openings (essential)
  
• Experience operating in a scaling, entrepreneurial, or PE-backed environment
  
• Commercial acumen with a hands-on, sleeves-rolled-up leadership style
  
• The ability to balance pace with detail, and growth with operational discipline
  
• A passion for people development and building strong retail culture
  

Why Join?

• Opportunity to shape and lead a critical growth phase of the business
  
• High visibility role with real influence at leadership level
  
• Join a brand with momentum, ambition, and a clear expansion roadmap
  
• Competitive package with strong long-term potential
  

If you're a retail leader excited by growth, challenge, and the opportunity to build something meaningful, we'd love to hear from you.

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